Bader: I have better MMA wrestling than Phil Davis
Despite a wrestling loss to his opponent in his college days, Ryan Bader believes when he comes to fighting, he has the better wrestling than Phil Davis.
Despite a wrestling loss to his opponent in his college days, Ryan Bader believes when he comes to fighting, he has the better wrestling than Phil Davis:
“I do as far as going in and blowing through people and getting the takedown. Phil puts himself in trouble a lot of times because he doesn’t really have that explosive shot,” Bader explained. “I don’t think he ever did during his wrestling career. He was a guy who got into scrambles and got a second shot kind of thing. You’ll see it a lot against guys like Glover (Teixeira) where he’ll shoot not a great shot, but he’ll do a second shot from his knees and try to grab the legs or he’ll tie you up and trip you.
“I feel like in this fight I have the better MMA wrestling and I have that power advantage, too. I have the ability to end the fight. He hasn’t been stopped in his career and I want to be the first guy to stop him and I believe I can.”